Polish · SOR / szpital
You look for the emergency department: what to say in Polish
You look for the emergency department.
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How it's done. SOR (Szpitalny Oddział Ratunkowy) is the hospital emergency department; on signs look for SOR or a red cross. Serious cases mean phoning 112 or 999.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Przepraszam, gdzie jest SOR?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh yehst Sor?
Excuse me, where is the SOR?
Or say:Przepraszam, gdzie znajdę oddział ratunkowy?
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm, gdzyeh ZNIGH-deh ODD-zyuhv ruh-toon-KOH-vih?
THEY SAY
Proszę iść prosto, potem w prawo, jest tablica.PROH-sheh eesytsy PROS-toh, POH-tem f PRAH-voh, yehst tuh-BLEE-tsuh.
Please go straight, then right, there is a sign.
They might also say:
Tam na wprost, za rogiem, czerwone strzałki.
Tahm nuh fprost, zah ROH-gyehm, chehr-VOH-neh STSHAHV-kee.
There straight ahead, round the corner, red arrows.
2
YOU FINISH
Dziękuję bardzo!
Dzyayn-KOO-eh BAHRD-zoh!
Thank you very much!
THEY SAY
Zdrowia życzę!ZDROH-vyuh ZHIH-cheh!
Get well soon!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Przepraszam
Psheh-PRAH-shuhm
verb
excuse me, sorry
gdzie
gdzyeh
adverb
where
jest
yehst
verb
is
Proszę
PROH-sheh
verb
please
iść
eesytsy
verb
to go
prosto
PROS-toh
adverb
straight on
9 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Proszę powtórzyć.
PROH-sheh pof-TOO-zhitsy.
Please repeat that.
Proszę mówić wolniej.
PROH-sheh MOO-veetsy VOL-nyay.
Please speak more slowly.
Proszę mi to pokazać.
PROH-sheh mee toh poh-KAH-zuhtsy.
Please show me.
Similar situations
You are admitted and asked what happenedSOR / szpital · A2 in the app
→You wait a long time and ask when it is your turnSOR / szpital · A2 in the app
→Your child fell and you rush to the emergency departmentSOR / szpital · A2 in the app
→You are discharged from hospital and the doctor gives you a letter for your family doctorSOR / szpital · A2 in the app
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